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From: cirejay (no email)
Date: Sun Mar 26 2006 - 18:04:12 EST
--- In , "Mike D." <mgd1961 at dot dot dot > wrote:
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> I would also offer a ringing endorsement for the Cape Horn
Windvane.
Mike, I absolutely agree. My son has one on his Alberg 30 and mine
just arrived about a month ago and is eagerly awaiting its
installation and can't wait until it's out of warranty:-)
BTW, there couldn't be a bigger waste of money than an above deck AP
on a long range crusing boat and that's all one could get for
$1,000. A below deck AP is considerably more than windvane
steering, when all is said and done.
Two features that made the Cape Horn an easy decision for me was the
ability to have it work directly off of the steering quadrant (I
have hydraulic steering) and the fact that one can buy the least
powerful, above deck, tiller actuating AP and use it below deck.
Add a remote and your all set:-). And, the reason that above deck
AP's are not worth a darn becomes mute.
eric S/V Nebaras
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